Question follow-through · 15692

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department maintains a public register or internal inventory of automated decision-making systems.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
3 Jul 2026
Target answer date
7 Jul 2026
Answer
15 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department maintains a public register or internal inventory of automated decision-making systems.

  2. 7 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to the safe, ethical and transparent use of algorithmic decision-making and wider algorithmic tools. Transparency is essential to building public trust, enabling accountability, and improving understanding of how algorithms inf...

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